A corporatiok



A, J. LECOUTRE.

CORSET.

APPUCATION FILED JAN. 12, 1918.

Patented. May 27, 1919.

AUGUSTE JEAN LECOUTRE, OF WORCESTER, MASSAQHUSETTS, ASSIGNOn TO 501L111 WORCESTER COBSETCQ, OF.WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION A MASSACHUSETTS.

I CORSET.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, AUoUsTE J. 'Lnooornn, a citizen of the United States, residing .at \Vorcester, in the county of \Vorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented oer tain new and useful Improvements in Corsets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in corsets, particularly to that class of corsets which have a shield or tongue back of the lacing, to cover the space or opening between the two sections laced together.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved shield or tongue for corsets of the class above referred to. I

My invention consists incertain novel features of construction of my improved shield or tongue, combined with the corset, as will be hereinafter described.

In my improvements, I provide a shield or tongue made se arate from and independent of the corset. The shield or tongue is preferably provided with one or more transverse bones or stiifeners, and one or more bones or stifi'eners extending in the direction of the length of the shield. The upper end of the shield or tongue is provided with attaching tapes, which extend out from eachside edge of the shield or tongue, and act to secure the shield or tongue at its upper end to the two sides or sections of the corset. The shield or tongue is also provided at its lower end with two attaching tapes which'extend out from each side edge of the shield or tongue, and act to secure the shield or tongue at its lower end to-the two sides or sections of the corset. The shield or tongue, except for its" attachment by the tapes at its up er end, and at its lower end, is entirely free rom the corset. I

Referring to the drawing: Figural shows a detached portion of two front sections of a front laced corset, and my ure, -with the lacing left out.

shield or tongue combined therewith.

"Fig. 2 is a section, on line 2, 2, Fig. 1,

looking in the direction of arrow a, same fig- Fig. 3 corresponds to 'Fig. 2, but shows the two sections of the corset drawn together, with the shield or tongue extending back of the lacing; the lacing is shown in this figure. Fig. 4 shows the shield or tongue do;

tached.

II A In.the accompanying drawing, 1 is a deat the upper end of the shield 7 isat'tached Specification of Letters Batent. Patented Mg? 27, 1919. Application filed January 12, 1918. Serial No.- 211,480.

tached portion of a front section of a front laced corset; 2 is the second front section of the corset, having a steel with fastening clasps 3 thereon; 4 is a floating edge, sotermed, having the studs 5 thereon, tobe detachably connected with the clasps ,3 in the usual way. 6 is the usual lacingwhich, is passed tlnougheyelets' 1, and 4' the section 1, and the floating edge-4, respec-Z tively. i l

All of the above parts may be of the usuol" and well known construction. f

I will now describe my improverne'nts -inf shield or tongue. The shield or tongue 7, shown detahedin Fig. 4:, is prefer-Mil) made of one thickneSS of textile fabric and in one piece, and.provided with binding or edging 7 on each side"- edge, and with binding or edging 7" on the top edge and on the bottom edge. The binding or edging 7 extends out beyond the slde ed es, at the upper end, and'at the lower end of the shield or tongue, to form of the length of the shield or tongue 7, and

are secured thereto in any suitable manner.

The shield or tongue 7 extends in a vertical'glirection on the inside of the corset,

back (bf the lacing and of the opening betweeni the edges of thesection'l, and the floating edge 4, and preferablyextends for about, two-thirds, or three-quarters the length of the corset. One of the tapes, 7"

to the section 1-, and the other tape 'Q' at the upper end of the shield- 7, is attached to the floating edge 4. One of the tapes as 7", at the lower end of the shield 7 is attached to the section 1, and. the-other tape 7 at the lower end of the-shield 7, is attached to the floatingedge4. The shield or tongue 7 is entirely free from the corset, except at its upper end, and at its lower end,

"the section 1 and the floating edge 4 toward 116 105 i but is held in proper position, relative to the each other, the flexible attaching tapes 7" are drawn toward each other, at the upper end and at the lower end of the shield 7, leaving the shield in a fiat and smooth position, back of the drawn up lacing, as shown in Fig. 3.

The shield 7, by reason of its attachment only at its upper, and lower edge, by the flexible attaching tapes 7", may adjust itself laterally, and also vertically to a limited extent, back of the/laced parts, in lacing up said parts on the wearer.

I have shown my improvements in shield or tongue for corsets, combined with the front section of a front laced corset, but my improvements may be equally well combined with the rear section of a back laced corset,

has each extended end permanently attached to said two parts, and having on its lower edge a binding which extends out beyond the side edges of the shield, and. has each extended end permanently attached to said two parts, to leave the shield, intermediate its upper and lower end, unattached to the corset, and free to adjust itself relatively to the two laced parts of. the corset.

2 In a corset, the combination with two parts laced together, of a shieldzulapted to extend back of said two parts, and having on its upper edge a binding which extends out beyond the side edges of the shield, and has each extended end pcrn'ianently attached to said two parts. and having on its .ower edge a binding which extends out beyond the side edges of the shield and has each extended end permanently attzurhcd to said two 'parts to leave the shield, intermediate its upper and lower end, unattached to the the two laced parts of the corset, and said shield provided with transverse stitfe'ners, and \vith'vertically extending stiffener-s.

AUGUSTE JEAN LECOUTRE. Witnesses:

JOHN C. DEWEY, MINNA Haas.

corset and free to adjust itself relatively to 

